Missing Persons
At any given time, there are 90,000 missing persons, and that's just in the U.S. This podcast explores some of these cases.
Episodes
Amber Wilde
Episode 107 Amber Wilde Nineteen year old college student Amber Wilde vanished from Green Bay, Wisconsin on September 23rd, 1998. Amber, who was almost 5 months pregnant at the time, had been involved in a minor traffic accident earlier in …
Christopher Newton
Episode 106 Christopher Newton  33 year old Christopher Newton had fallen on hard times when his family lost touch with him in late 2023. Chris had battled his way through a schizophrenia diagnosis with the help of medications and had eve…
Deanna Merryfield
Episode 105 Deanna Merryfield On the night of July 21, 1990, thirteen year old Deanna Merryfield spent much of the night watching movies with her grandmother in Killeen, Texas. After her grandmother went to bed, Deanna snuck out of the hous…
Introducing: Clues with Morgan Absher & Kaelyn Moore
Introducing: Clues with Morgan Absher & Kaelyn Moore Join hosts Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore as they take you deep into the world of the most notorious crimes ever — where a single clue can crack a case wide open. From shocking murders to…
Is there a New England Serial Killer? Roundtable with Lordan Arts and Crawlspace Media
Is there a New England Serial Killer? Roundtable with Lordan Arts and Crawlspace Media In this special episode, Mike Morford from Missing Persons teams up with friends of the show, John Lordan of Lordan Arts, and Tim Pilleri and Lance Reens…
Introducing Morbidology, a preview of episode 294: The Mandan Massacre.
Introducing Morbidology, a preview of episode 294: The Mandan Massacre. It was just before 7:30AM on 1 April, 2019, when employees started to arrive at RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan, North Dakota. When they entered the building, …
Introducing: Killer Communications
Introducing: Killer Communications AbJack Entertainment, the same network that brings you The Murder In My Family, has a brand new show launching March 1,2025. It's called Killer Communications, and it's hosted by Mike Morford. In each epis…
Lawrence 'Larry' Riegel
Episode 104 Lawrence 'Larry' Riegel On Christmas, 2009, 57 year old Lawrence 'Larry' Riegel of Yakima, Washington talked to his family on the phone for the last time. He was in a good mood despite a recent surgery and some medical issues, …
New Episodes Coming Soon!
Happy New Year! This is Just a quick announcement to let you know that new episodes of Missing Persons will be dropping early in 2025. Be sure to stay subscribed and follow the show so you don't miss an episode. To listen to this episode a…
Introducing: Silkwood
Introducing; Silkwood Silkwood is a multi-part podcast that intricately examines the life of whistleblower Karen Silkwood, the nuclear behemoth she sought to expose, the government’s role in potential wrong-doings, and asks the question: …
Dale Williams Update: Arrest Made
 Episode 103 Dale Williams Update: Arrest Made An update to one of our earliest cases that we covered on Missing Persons; the 1999 disappearance of Dale WIlliams of Nucla, Colorado in May,1999. Dale left his auto body repair shop after tak…
The Zaharias Children
Episode 102 The Zaharias Children On November 20, 1987, 15 month old Lisa Mae and her brother, 3 year old Christopher Zaharias were abducted by their mother, Susan Gammill from their home in Mission Viejo, California. According to the chil…
Rebekah Barsotti Case Update
Episode 101 Rebekah Barsotti Case Update We originally covered the case of 33 year old Rebekah Barsotti back in episode 46 of Missing Persons. Rebekah, along with her dog Cerberus, disappeared in the area of Clark Fork River near Alberton,…
Bethany Markowski
Episode 100 Bethany Markowski In March, 2001 eleven year old Bethany Markowski vanished in Tennessee while on a visit with her father Larry. Larry and Bethany's mom Jonnie had recently split up after a volatile relationship amidst allegatio…
Lisa Shuttleworth
Episode 99 Lisa Shuttleworth  On September 3rd 2003, 34 year old mother Lisa Shuttleworth vanished from her Aiken, South Carolina home. Her kids came home to find themselves locked out of the house. In the driveway was her car which had b…
Barbara McClure
Episode 98 Barbara McClure  On November 2nd, 1978 24 year old Barbara Annette McClure went out for a night of dancing at the Fandango Disco in Seattle Washington on. That night, she and her dance partner who she had briefly dated got into …
Loukthayoth 'Luke' Phiangdae
Episode 97 Loukthayoth 'Luke' Phiangdae On February 6th, 1996, 11 year old Loukthayoth Phiangdae, who went by Luke, vanished from his home in Raymond, Washington. He was apparently upset after being yelled at by his father for roughhousing …
Missing no more: A sad update on the case of David Schultz
Episode 96 Missing no more: A sad update on the case of David Schultz In this episode we discuss the sad update in the case of missing truck driver David Schultz who vanished in November, 2023. We first covered his case in episode 87 in Jan…
Gregory 'Greg' Treace
Episode 95 Gregory 'Greg' Treace 53 year old Gregory Treace, a father of 2 in Tulsa, Oklahoma was having a challenging 2022. He was battling Lymphoma which left him in a lot of pain, and unable to work. On top of that, he and his wife Billi…
Brianna Maitland
Episode 94 Brianna Maitland 17 year old Brianna Maitland vanished without a trace on Friday night March 19, 2004 after she left her shift at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, Vermont. Her co-workers watched her drive off in her Green 198…
Still Missing; A Re-Release of Our Most Mysterious Cases So Far
Episode 93 Still Missing; A Re-Release of Episode 50 Our Most Mysterious Cases So Far  From the Missing Persons 'Still Missing' Vault of episodes, this week's episode is a re-release of Episode 50; Our Most Mysterious Cases So Far. To comm…
Mary Jane Croft VanGilder Update Part 2 of 2
Episode 92 Mary Jane Croft VanGilder Update Part 2 of 2 In part 2 of our update on the Mary Jane Croft Van Gilder case, we talk once again with Detective Adam Turner of the Shelby, OH police department who solved this case. He discusses wha…
Mary Jane Croft Van Gilder Update Part 1 of 2
Episode 91 Mary Jane Croft Van Gilder Update Part 1 of 2 Mary Jane Croft VanGilder went missing in 1945. We originally covered her case in episode 8 of Missing Persons. She had left her family in WV to escape an abusive relationship. She tr…
Missing Persons Alert: Avery Doherty
Episode 90 Missing Persons Alert: Avery Doherty  Avery Lydia Doherty is a child missing out of Ames, Iowa and is presumed to be the victim of a familial abduction at the hands of her mother, Esther Bender. She's been missing since October…
Elena Roy
Episode 89 Elena Roy 83 year old Mother and Grandmother, Elena Roy, vanished from her home in Fallbrook, California in November, 2021. Elena who had been experiencing various health issues, which possibly included dementia, reportedly left…
Charles Robert 'Bobby' Steele
Episode 88 Charles Robert 'Bobby' Steele 43 Year Old Charles Robert 'Bobby' Steele has been missing since April 11,2023 when he walked out of his sister Kelly's home in Delaware, and was never seen again. Prior to that, Bobby had been down…
David Schultz
Episode 87 David Schultz In the first episode of 2024, we explore the bizarre case of David Schultz, a 53 year old married trucker and father, who vanished without a trace in the early morning hours of November 21st, 2023. David was transpo…
Blanca Elisa Roberson Part 2
Episode 86 Blanca Elisa Roberson Part 2 This episode is an addendum to our last episode about Blanca Elisa Roberson who went missing in Aransas Pass, TX in 1989. Elisa’s sister Ruby wanted to clarify a few things, and address a couple of po…
Blanca Elisa Roberson
Episode 85 Blanca Elisa Roberson  13 year-old Blanca Elisa Roberson, who went by Elisa, vanished on Sunday August 6,1989 in Aransas Pass, TX as she walked a short distance from her home to the Kieberger Elementary School to meet a friend. …
Jennifer Kesse
Episode 84 Jennifer Kesse 24 year old Jennifer Kesse vanished in Orlando, Florida on January 24th ,2006. People that knew Jennifer best, right away were concerned, because Jennifer was an organized professional who would never go off on a w…
Rusty Meye
Rusty Meye was a man who was down on his luck. Living alone in a rented Vero Beach, Florida mobile home, he had battled depression, drinking and overuse of medication brought on by a terrible foot injury he suffered that left him disabled. …
Jennifer and Adrianna Wix
21 year-old Jennifer Wix, and her 2 year old daughter, Adrianna Wix, vanished without a trace in Cross Plains, Tennessee in March, 2004. Jennifer and Adrianna were living with Jennifer's boyfriend William Benton and his parents on their pro…
Kenneth Ray Weaver
Episode 81 Kenneth Ray Weaver  37 year-old Kenneth Ray Weaver, who went by Kenny, vanished in December 2000. He was last seen on Christmas Day, December 25th, when a friend dropped him off at another friend's home in Pocola, Oklahoma, a to…
Jamie Grissim
Episode 80 Jamie Grissim Sixteen year-old Jamie Grissim vanished in Vancouver, Washington on December 7, 1971. She attended school that day at Fort Vancouver High School, and planned to walk home after school. She told her foster mother she…
Introducing AbJack Insider
AbJack Entertainment, the true crime network that brings you Missing Persons and several other true crime podcasts, would like to introduce you to AbJack Insider through Apple Podcasts. What is AbJack Insider? It's a value-based subscriptio…
James 'Jamie' Valdez
47 year-old James Valdez, who went by Jamie, vanished from Booneville, Arkansas in June, 2021 following an argument with his wife. His Blue Chevy Equinox was found near a swimming hole in Sugar Grove, Arkansas, and although there was no sig…
Maura Murray Part 2
Episode 78 Maura Murray Part 2 This is part 2 of our coverage of the Maura Murray case. In this episode, you’ll hear from Maura’s sister Julie who has been a tremendous advocate for her sister’s case, and for others who have gone thru simil…
Maura Murray
Episode 78 Maura Murray 21 year old Maura Murray vanished on the night of February 9, 2004 after her car slid off the road on Rt. 112 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. More than one of the residents living near that area reported the crash to po…
Jane Mudder
Episode 77 Jane Mudder  55 year old Jane Aurelia Mudder vanished under mysterious circumstances in the Spring of 2018. She lived in a rented room of a home located off highway 24 in Cascade, Colorado. Jane was reported missing by her sist…
Bianca Carrasco
Episode 76 Bianca Carrasco 29 year old nurse, and mother of three, Bianca Carrasco was last seen on May 1, 2016 at her home in the 1600 block of Walnut Creek Drive in San Antonio, TX. Bianca was in the midst of ending the marriage to her h…